New Providence girl organizes second blood drive in honor of her grandfather

After the amazing turnout at the second annual blood drive last year (58 bags of blood), Krista Delia of New Providence has been asked to run another drive this year. The blood supply is extremely low after the unusually hot summer.

This year’s blood drive will take place on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the New Providence Fire Department, 175 Floral Ave., New Providence.

Krista started organizing blood drives after her grandfather, George Sloane, was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in October 2008. After 20 long months of fighting the Leukemia, he passed away in May 2010.

He inspired her to “give back” after watching him go through both chemo-therapy and all the blood and platelet transfusions. She learned that blood and platelets were extremely important to all cancer patients as well as many other illnesses that people suffer on a daily basis.